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Class: Teleostei
Order: Anabantiformes
Family: Osphronemidae Gouramies
Subfamily: Macropodusinae
Genus: Macropodus

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9 species (see list below)
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Macropodus baviensis
[]

Photo by Freyhof & Herder, 2002

Asia
Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
Macropodus erythropterus Freyhof & Herder, 2002

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Macropodus erythropterus
[]

Photo by Freyhof & Herder, 2002

Asia
Max. Length 6.0 cm SL
Macropodus hongkongensis Freyhof & Herder, 2002

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Macropodus hongkongensis
[]
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Macropodus lineatus
[]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Asia
Max. Length 8.6 cm TL
Macropodus ocellatus Cantor, 1842

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Macropodus ocellatus
[Round tail paradisefish]
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Macropodus oligolepis
[]

Photo by Liao, T.-Y.

Asia
Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
Macropodus opercularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Macropodus opercularis
[Paradisefish]
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Macropodus phongnhaensis
[]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Asia
Max. Length 5.8 cm SL
Macropodus spechti Schreitmüller, 1936

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Macropodus spechti
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Macropodus baviensis Asia 2005
Macropodus erythropterus Asia 6.5 SL 2002
Macropodus hongkongensis Asia 6.0 SL 2002
Macropodus lineatus Asia 2005
Macropodus ocellatus Round tail paradisefish Asia 8.6 TL 1842
Macropodus oligolepis Asia 2005
Macropodus opercularis Paradisefish Asia 6.7 SL 1758
Macropodus phongnhaensis Asia 2005
Macropodus spechti Asia 5.8 SL 1936



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